Over the years, we've collected a lot of ornaments here at the Homestead. The ornaments are always very representative of the family's interests. Ornaments of tea cups, favorite sports teams, homemade ornaments, and even ones that my siblings and I crafted in grade school all adorn our family tree.This year we selected a Fraser Fir tree. This tree began growing in the Mountains of North Carolina. Over the years, it has become quite a popular tree to have around the holidays in North America. This cousin of the balsam fir, is quite noticeably less fragrant, but has longer, sturdier needles. It also has a very nice silvery underside!
We run a green multiple outlet extension cord down the trunk of the tree and affix it with black zip-ties. If the zip tie is too small, you can simply attach it to another zip-tie to elongate the length of your zip-tie! A small pouch of 20 black zip-ties from Lowe's was $1.74, and I had plenty left over! The multiple outlet extension cord was 12 feet long and was $4.97. The nice thing about this cord is that it has a "Power" button, so you don't have to worry about knocking over your tree by plugging it in and out of its power source. I used a green extension cord and black zip ties to simply be inconspicuous. Don't invest in a white colored one because this will stand out through any gaps in between the branches in your tree. To see a video version of this go to iTunes and download the Martha Stewart Podcast. This month, she features holiday videos and the "Setting up the Tree" episode helped create this beautiful tree!
The first is an ornament that my little sister made in her elementary school art class about 15 years ago! So cute. The last picture is one of our tree. Adorned with all of our family's heirloom ornaments that we've collected over the years, it's always fun looking back and reliving all those family memories we've created together!
We have other trees here at the homestead. I like to decorate by color and theme, so we've set up other trees doing just that! On our dining room table there is a White Feather tree adorned with pink ornaments and a silver tree topper! The tree is very feminine and festive, without being too much of an overstatement. It's subtle hues shine when the first rays of sunshine come up over the horizon located in the back of our property.
Another tree, that I love having here is our "First Snowfall" tree. It's very representative of the memories we've shared as a family. All of us kids celebrating our first Christmas always is a joy for our Mother. When you think about it, each "First Snowfall" is sort of like that first Christmas. That 'landmark' letting you know that the Holiday season is officially here!
Each season we add ornaments to it from Martha Stewart's Everyday line at KMart. Hanging on it are glass icicles, glittered acrylic snowflakes, glass balls, shatterproof ornaments (Which are a Godsend,) and oversized silver sequined orbs that we bought at Macy's in 2007.
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